16And he said, I am looking for my brothers; please give me word of where they are keeping their flock.
17And the man said, They have gone away from here, for they said in my hearing, Let us go to Dothan. So Joseph went after them and came up with them at Dothan.
18But they saw him when he was a long way off, and before he came near them they made a secret design against him to put him to death;
19Saying to one another, See, here comes this dreamer.
20Let us now put him to death and put his body into one of these holes, and we will say, An evil beast has put him to death: then we will see what becomes of his dreams.
21But Reuben, hearing these words, got him out of their hands, saying, Let us not take his life.
22Do not put him to a violent death, but let him be placed in one of the holes; this he said to keep him safe from their hands, with the purpose of taking him back to his father again.
